Hotfix #3: 3/3/11 8:00am PST

RIFTS AND INVASIONS
* ‘Seal’ and ‘Close’ Rift quest objectives will now be obtainable even in large groups of players participating in the Rift.

COMBAT
* Increased the damage reduction bonus to players from Toughness against Expert Dungeon and Raid mobs.
* Increased the amount of Critical Hit bonus damage for Expert Dungeon and Raid mobs.

ARCHON
* Mental Flare: Now returns 30% of the caster’s maximum mana pool over 10 seconds.

ZONES
* Newly Ascended Defiants who die near the wall between Freemarch and Silverwood will no longer respawn in Silverwood.
* Scarwood Reach: Defiants should now be able to activate the Ancient Wardstone in the Shatterbone Mountains.

WARFRONTS
* Improved AFK kicking in Warfronts.

ITEMS
* Adjusted the Plaques of Achievement drops for second tier Expert dungeons. Individual bosses now drop fewer Plaques, while completing the zone quest awards additional Plaques.
* Several Greater Essences had their effect disabled due to a bug. These no longer heal for the entire amount per tick, and their effects have been re-enabled once more: Glowing Planar Seed, Gleaming Life Crystal, Crystal Vine, Cauterizing Crystal, Gleaming Stone Seed, Spring Rain Crystal, Cauterizing Shard, Glowing Water Droplet, and Sparkling Extraplanar Gem.

UI/SETTINGS
* You may now use group member portraits as targets when casting a spell that requires you to select a target (‘glowy hand’ mode).
* Hovering over group member portraits will cause their character to become highlighted in the game world.
* Item discovery messages now display the discoverer’s guild.
* Guild logs will correctly show the name of server first achievements earned.